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07-18-2020, 09:52 AM #16000 RPM
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Starting Clocks
Would love to hear everyone's stories about their starting clocks. Our local clock was a electric belt driven plywood monster that was always 1-2 seconds off. Even the weight of the wood second hand had an effect on the "upswing" to 12 o'clock / zero. (LOL)
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07-18-2020, 10:48 AM #27000 RPM
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Starting clocks were always problematic. Most were electrical AC or DC but I saw a couple of water driven ones. Many starting clocks had the problem of being slower during the last 30 seconds. I got used to the clock we used down here at the Marine Stadium. It would pause for about a second at 4 to go. I stop watch timed that clock many times. I tried to watch check any unfamiliar clock as many times as I could before I had to start against it. As I recall the clock at Eufala Alabama was pretty good.
Last edited by 2us70; 07-18-2020 at 01:37 PM.
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07-18-2020, 09:00 PM #3
if i was the first legal boat to the first turn, the clock was perfect. if was not the first legal boat to the first turn, sumppin was wrong with the clock.
The "Wheel Man" of the Sunshine Syndicate
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07-18-2020, 09:12 PM #4The Historic Photo Master
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07-20-2020, 11:13 AM #77000 RPM
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In those days it took several heats to get the final field down to the 12 boat maximum at Nationals in SE. SJ was more expensive to run but it was also very popular. SG and G Production classes also had big followings. I don't know when the move to Kankakee happened. I stopped racing after the 1976 season.
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07-20-2020, 12:50 PM #86000 RPM
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Here in South Florida I can recall a few times when SE required elimination heats at just regular races. At Nationals there were some automatic qualifiers such as division champions. In 1970 there was a pre-qualified boat in SE that was so slow that the leaders came within a few hundred yards of lapping him in both heats. It was a shame that that spot didn't go to a more competitive boat.
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Yeah, I know the scheme very well. We had one guy who tooted his horn about being SJ US1 locally. SJ was essentially dead in the rest of the country. If he had raced at the height of SJ popularity and went to the Nationals he would have been annihilated by the likes of Pearl, Lee, White, Greene and others. Made my skin crawl to hear him carry on with the US1 bit.
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I was fortunate to have raced OPC at it's peak. Nationals drew literally hundreds of boats. Here in South Florida even our monthly Tri Club races would require you to be there when the gates opened to get a decent spot in the pits. I suspect some of those races had 100 boats.
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There are a few pictures of races from the Marine Stadium out there but they usually show individual boats and drivers. There is a shot of all the Mercury team boats lined up from one of the 225 races. Someone might have a few from the Gold Coast Marathon. 200+ boats all starting together heading for West Palm Beach. I ran that race a couple of times before they stopped it.
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